Safeguarding Children and MASH Nurse

City of York Council; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council authority in York seeks an experienced safeguarding practitioner to join their Healthy Child Service. The role involves working within a multi-agency team to assess and support children at risk. Candidates must be a registered nurse and exhibit excellent communication and collaboration skills. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on children's lives within the community.

Responsibilities

• Gathering information from health provider organisations.
• Contributing towards assessment of need and risk to children.
• Identifying services for support to families.
• Providing safeguarding advice and training.
• Conducting quality audits.
• Participating in multi-agency safeguarding management discussions.

Skills

Registered Nurse on part 1 of the NMC register

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of Information Governance

Up to date knowledge in safeguarding children

Experience working with children and families

Effective multi-agency partnership working

Relationship building skills

Skills for effective challenge

Education

Current UK professional registration

Job description

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our Healthy Child Service, safeguarding children team. We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic practitioner with a high level of experience in safeguarding children practice. The post holders will work as part of a multi-agency integrated team contributing their expertise to the safeguarding management discussions within the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for gathering information from a wide range of health provider organisations. They will utilise their expertise to interpret this information and contribute towards the assessment of need, potential harm and risk to the child(ren). They will identify those services which are best placed to support the children, adults and families concerned. The post holder will work collaboratively with partner agencies within the MASH to ensure robust, high quality, timely and effective practice to safeguard children. The post holder will also be responsible for providing safeguarding advice, training and supervision to the Healthy Child Service practitioners and undertake quality audits.

About us

From our offices in West Offices and Hazel Court, and with partners, City of York Council serves over 200,000 residents in and around York. Local communities depend on the statutory services we deliver and our people are proud to keep York clean, safe, productive and resilient. We deliver lots of important but little-known services that are making a big difference to those who need them. Every year at the council: 7,036 adults receive social care; 77,000 people served in the customer centre; 260,000 enquiries resolved over the phone; 3,000 planning applications; 5.5m tonnes of waste collected; 1.2m metres of high verges cut; 8,000 council properties managed; 8,000 businesses supported; 200,000 residents served; 220 children looked after. For more information about working for the council or to see the latest job vacancies visit https://jobs.york.gov.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful post holder will have:

• Registered Nurse on part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register
• Excellent communication skills
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Information Governance, professional record keeping requirements, confidentiality, and consent
• Up to date knowledge, skills and competencies within the multi-agency safeguarding children arena
• Significant experience working with children and families where there are safeguarding children concerns
• Experience in effective multi-agency and partnership working
• Ability to build relationships with a wide range of colleagues
• Skills to support effective challenge when there are differing professional opinions on the management of cases
• The post holder will have access to support and supervision as well as peer support via the North Yorkshire and York Safeguarding Children Health Professionals Network

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

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Desirable

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Qualifications

Essential

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

City of York Council

Address

West Offices

Station Rise

York

North Yorkshire

YO1 6GA

Employer's website

https://www.york.gov.uk/jobs-training/working-council